Understanding poverty. Pete Alcock.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 320p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780333692790 (hbk.) :
- 9780333692806 (pbk.) :
- 0333692802 (pbk) :
- 305.5690941 ALC
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Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliography: (p266-282.) and index.
Part I.The context of poverty -- 1.What is poverty? -- 2.The poor and the underclass -- 3.The causes of poverty -- 4.Poverty in Europe and beyond -- Part II.Definition and measurement -- 5.Defining poverty -- 6.Deprivation and social exclusion -- 7.Households and poverty dynamics -- 8.Measuring poverty -- Part III.Social divisions and poverty --9.Gender and poverty - 10.Racism and poverty -- 11.Ageing and poverty -- 12.Disability and poverty -- Part IV.The policy framework -- 13.The politics of poverty -- 14.Social security policy -- 15.Targeted antipoverty strategies -- 16.Poverty, inequality and welfare.
Alcock covers all aspects of poverty, including an analysis of the debates about its causes and possible solution. This edition incorporates new debates on social exclusion, the underclass, poverty dynamics and local anti-poverty strategies.